Silk velvet is a pain, but one of the biggest issues in historical sewing is that it just doesn’t behave like C19th silk velvet. It is woven on a floppy chiffon base, which wasn’t the case with Victorian silk velvet. The solution: iron on woven cotton interfacing. It’s times like these that being historically inaccurate makes something more historically accurate.
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